The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper;Samuel Johnson J. Johnson; J. Nichols and son; R. Baldwin; F. and C. Rivington; W. Otridge and Son; Leigh and Sotheby; R. Faulder and Son; G. Nicol and Son; T. Payne; G. Robinson; Wilkie and Robinson; C. Davies; T. Egerton; Scatcherd and Letterman; J. Walker; Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe; R. Lea; J. Nunn; Lackington, Allen, and Company; J. Stockdale; Cuthell and Martin; Clarke and Sons; J. White and Company; Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme; Cadell and Davies; J. Barker; John Richardson; J.M. Richardson; J. Carpenter; B. Crosby; E. Jeffery; J. Murray; W. Miller; J. and A. Arch; Black, Parry, and Kingsbury; J. Booker; S. Bagster; J. Harding; J. Mackinlay; J. Hatchard; R.H. Evans; Matthews and Leigh; J. Mawman; J. Booth; J. Asperne; P. and W. Wynne; and W. Grace, Deighton and Son at Cambridge; and Wilson and Son at York, 1810 |
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Page 402
... father a vintner , who died in 1348 , and left his property to the church of St. Mary Aldermary , where he was buried . This is confirmed by Stowe , who says , “ Richard Chaucer , vintner , gave to that church his tenement and tavern ...
... father a vintner , who died in 1348 , and left his property to the church of St. Mary Aldermary , where he was buried . This is confirmed by Stowe , who says , “ Richard Chaucer , vintner , gave to that church his tenement and tavern ...
Page 402
... ( father of Thomas Chaucer of Ewelme in Oxfordshire , Esq . ) who , following the steps of his master , reflected much upon the corruptions of the clergy . " This is something like evidence , if it could be depended on : at least it is ...
... ( father of Thomas Chaucer of Ewelme in Oxfordshire , Esq . ) who , following the steps of his master , reflected much upon the corruptions of the clergy . " This is something like evidence , if it could be depended on : at least it is ...
Page 408
... father's friend Nicholas Strode ( whom , however , they call Ralph ) of Merton college Oxford ; but if Wood could trace Strode no further than the year 1370 , it is impossible he could have been the tutor of Chaucer's son in 1391 . The ...
... father's friend Nicholas Strode ( whom , however , they call Ralph ) of Merton college Oxford ; but if Wood could trace Strode no further than the year 1370 , it is impossible he could have been the tutor of Chaucer's son in 1391 . The ...
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... father written by Skelton . This volume is now in the British Museum ; but the elegy may be seen in Skelton's works , and in Dr. Percy's Relics , When a favourite author betrays grossness and indecency , it is usual to inquire how much ...
... father written by Skelton . This volume is now in the British Museum ; but the elegy may be seen in Skelton's works , and in Dr. Percy's Relics , When a favourite author betrays grossness and indecency , it is usual to inquire how much ...
Page 431
... friend at Oxford has suggested that he may have been born at Lambeth , or at a house near Bishopsgate in London , which were the occasional residences of his father . C. genius by the reading of the greatest writers of that.
... friend at Oxford has suggested that he may have been born at Lambeth , or at a house near Bishopsgate in London , which were the occasional residences of his father . C. genius by the reading of the greatest writers of that.
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